Those are extreme (and not real/used in consumer products) examples. Inserting DNA from onr similar plant into another is basically the same thing, just without all the trial and error.

You seem confused.

Well I struggle to find wild birds which lay an egg a day, while being full bodied enough to feed a family when cooked, so perhaps it’s an apt metaphor. Also, describing wild mutant hybrids is rhetorically unsound. It’s equivalent to “well I don’t see us enslaving wolves into breeding programs where we cull those…

I work with anti-GMO folks. They don’t really have an answer to what is worse, eating GMO stuff that will grow in drought, or starving to death. Myself, starving to death is worse.

... do you know how mutation and evolution works? Honest question.

Hey man, don’t blame me, blame the people who seem to think that any modification done to any organism is on the same scale as “breeding a tomato to a jellyfish.” The small stuff being discussed here (Golden Rice, etc) is much closer to what we’ve done for thousands of years, but people see “GMO” and immediately think…

Exactly, we’ve been genetically modifying crops for millennia. Look at what corn used to look like. It’s just that it’s faster now.

Anti-GMO propaganda is right up there with anti-vax nonsense.

I once did something similar to that, but when I tried to give a public demonstration I was arrested.

I don’t see why this is a hard problem to solve. Give me a shop vac and some plastic wrap and I’ll have a demo for you after dinner.

Maybe we should think of ways to get rid of the problem from the start. An energy+nutrient pills that give you all the energy and produce zero waste or at least only urine. Or a poop dissolving pill? Contains nanomachines which decompose waste into more energy! I think I’m going too sci-fi on this.

It appears they are subduing him. Consider the lead in to the arrest and what transpired beforehand.

Dont run from the cops asshole... Problem solved.

Maybe understandable, and I’m not saying I would do anything differently TBH, but it’s certainly not “justified” in the usual, law enforcement sense of the word. “Justified” means minimum force required to make the arrest. One cop is wrapping up his feet (good!) and the other is standing over him, repeatedly punching…

That’s your take away? That was a multi-car police chase along city streets, and then a pursuit on foot. I get not blasting unarmed people. Totally see that. But this is a justified use of force.

Watching collies herd ducks into pens and whatnot at Scottish Highland Festivals is one of life’s little pleasures.

This? This is just sickening. What’s next? I pineapple chasing its male lover around rock?

This needs to be its own show.

I like this dog and this bird.

Thanks, Tom! I do love videos featuring a big black duck.

NASCAR’s new chase format is way better than the old.